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How to Build Your Own Productivity System

A day always has 24 hours. Time is the only resource that is exactly the same for everyone on this planet. That’s why effective time management is such a precious skill. Knowing how to organize your productivity and work gives you an edge over everyone else. You become a wizard of time.

But it’s also a rare skill. Effective time management is hard. Some people have some sort of system in place to manage their work. And yet others don’t even know where to start.

In this post, I’m going to cover how you can build your own productivity system so you can manage time efficiently.

All we need is 5 steps:

  1. Eliminate Before Optimizing
  2. Build Your Productivity System
  3. Incorporate Productivity Hacks
  4. Find Your True Tasks
  5. Delegate Efficiently

Let’s go over each one in detail…

#1 Eliminate Before Optimizing

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Dan Silvestre
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I’d love to be as positive as the other comments here, but one can do more with an honest opinion :)
The article felt all over the place, a list of tips, which, for someone already familiar with these techniques, doesn’t provide much value. Also…

Very good but #2 you said you would name some productivity systems then didn’t. “here are a few productivity systems: . . . .” nothing. Maybe you could finish the article? Otherwise very good.

What’s the moral here? Taking everything that you have and start optimizing right away is a classic rookie mistake.

It feels like the metaphor is limping a bit. In today's world, you spend zero time on eliminating because you don't have to. Why spending time on pruning the folders, when the storage cost for something like images is constantly decreasing? Drive…